Card-table.



F. J. MUSPRATT..

CARD TABLE.

APPLICATION man AUG-4| 1913.

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F. J. MUSP R'ATT.

CARD TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ, 1913.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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FREDERIU JAMES MUSPBATT, OE SET. HELIER, ISLAND 0F JERSEY.

CARD-TABLE.

Application filed. August 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, Funnnnro JAi/rns Mus- PRATT, a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at Haimance Cottage, l-laimance Place, St. Helier, llsland of Jersey, have invented a new and useful Card-Table, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in card tables in which a trap door operates in conjunction with sector shaped handles, which are pressed down flush with the table by the right hand of each player at the conclusion of each trick, whereby the cards fall into a tray, until all the cards have been played, as in whist and the like. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1. is a detailed view of the table top having the front removed to show the working. Fig. 2. is a top View of the table top. Fig. 3. is a cross section of the table. Fig. i. is a top view of the sector shaped handles, roller, drop door and bars after the removal of the table top.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The table top A has four slots through which the sector shaped handles project upward. The table top A also has a square hole in the center, or as near thereto as possible in which the door D works. (in pressing down either of the sector shaped handles B flush with the table top, the cards that have been thrown on to the trap door D will fall into the tray C. This is accomplished in the case of the two sector shaped handles on the right by the sector shaped handle turning on its axis and the hinge H which action tightens the bar G and causes a pull on the bar 1*, and which causes the roller E to partly revolve on its axis, and as the door D is securely nailed on the roller E the said door or metal plate tips up on one side and down on the other, and so the cards slide downward into the tray 6.1 And the spring S which is nailed at Y to the underside of table top causes the door D to return to its original position.

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the underside of the table top A with just suiiicient play to allow the roller E to turn freely. Chains R support the tray C.

The sector shaped handles on the left are pressed downward in a similar way, but the bar G that connects each with the bar F receive a pushing motion which also causes the roller E to partly revolve. The ends of the roller E press loosely against little blocks of wood and these little blocks are not shown in any of the illustrations.

C is a tray that holds the cards and is supported by hooks which hook into the chains R which are jointed to the top A. The ends of the bars G have eyes which hook respectively into eyes on the bars F, and the bars F are driven or screwed nearly through the roller E. Both the table top A- and the door D and the tray C are covered on the upperide, by having green cloth stuck or fastened on them.

I am aware that prior to my invention card tables have been made with green cloth covered top and different forms of legs, also that card tables have been made with rectangular openings in the top, and with game boards pivoted in the openings, also doors, and that receptacles for cards have been made under these openings, also that plates have been made round these openings. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly. But

I claim- The combination in a card table of a top having slots therethrough, sector shaped handles hinged to the top, and operating in said slots, said top having an opening there in, a roller mounted underneath the opening for rocking movement, a trap door operating in the opening and fined to said roller,

operating arms secured to said roller, connecting rods between said handles and said arms, a tray suspended underneath said trap door, and a spring acting automatically to return the trap door to a horizontal position, as described.

FREDERTC JAMES MUSPRATT.

Witnesses:

E. B. RnNcUr, A. E. GRANT.

C'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

